The DnaX ribosomal frameshifting element is a
RNA element found in the
mRNA
In molecular biology, messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) is a single-stranded molecule of RNA that corresponds to the genetic sequence of a gene, and is read by a ribosome in the process of synthesizing a protein.
mRNA is created during the ...
of the
dnaX gene in ''
E. coli''. The dnaX gene has two encoded products, tau and gamma, which are produced in a 1:1 ratio. The gamma protein is synthesised due to programmed
frameshifting and is shorter than tau. The two products of the dnaX gene are
DNA polymerase III subunits.
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Cis-regulatory RNA elements
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